Re: [Trisquel-users] Pinephone Community Edition
I've been thinking perhaps splurging on a really big SD card, then doing some of the things mentioned in Calher's thread like offline Wiki,Books,Music,TED talks etc.. whatever reasonably fits. Keeping the phone offline mode --generally-- and switching it on when I need to make calls, but this strategy might fail because people will not be able to reach me. I'm not too keen on this. Geolocation + Call records + Internet history are the only attack vectors from the government I can see for an active SIM pinephone. I suppose VPN or tor use could mitigate the internet logging and DNS records kept. Since 3-point triangulation is how other phones communicate with yours I don't see any way of avoiding geolocation vector without burners. Call records could be mitigated by using an encrypted online-call system, all free of course. About what you said on threat models, I realize that the Gov is inevitable because they not only have the resources but also they have the willpower and very many attack vectors including cell + internet companies but also google and apple and perhaps so many more, so preventing government tracking completely would be to go offline permanently. I don't wish to do this but I have been thinking of continuing to carry my iPhone without a sim, connecting to a wifi hotspot from the pinephone. Only for circumstances in which I would require non-free stuff. That way anything that the iPhone wants to communicate out-- can get caught in a firewall on the pinephone. I'm also a pragmatist in that, if in a moment I need a working phone in haste, I would not hesitate to swap out the sim from the pinephone to donate to the iPhone or any iphone nearby really. I'm thinking in the event that it crashes. Any suggestions? I already ordered one :)
Re: [Trisquel-users] Pinephone Community Edition
I usually keep a secret one-man nuclear submarine.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Pinephone Community Edition
> I'm hoping that with a set of peripherals (screen, mouse, keyboard) it will be able to replace my ancient netbook as my work computer Dont get your hopes up. Pine64 kept the cost of the device down in part by not going with a faster computer than they needed. It's good enough for simple things like SMS, but don't expect to get any serious work done on it. It probably will not perform better than your netbook, and certainly not better than your X60. > That said, I'm also considering turning off the cell modem in the PinePhone and using it as a small tablet, and keeping one of the Androids for cell calls and texts. Since the cell modem is a proprietary black box by law, those comms are inherently compromised, and it seems a shame to have the nonfree cell modem software in the PinePhone running when I don't need to. What is your threat model? For an average threat model, the attack vector allowed by using the modem is that your cell carrier can track your location and metadata for your phone calls and texts, and that your government can probably get that information from the carrier pretty easily if they want to (I'm not familiar with the laws in NZ, but in the US the govt doesn't even need a warrant to do this). This will be the same whether your use the Pinephone's modem or the Android device's modem. However, adding an Android device into adds an additional attack vector: now Google gets has all that information too, plus a little bit more, which an additional govt (USA) will have pretty easy access too. Are any of your Android devices supported by any ungoogled Android ROMS? GrapheneOS is the best, but supports very few devices. That would make those devices a better option, more secure overall than the Pinephone, although in terms of location tracking, Pinephone has the advantage that you can use the hardware switch to disable the modem sometimes, so you can have a little more granularity in how you handle the privacy/convenience tradeoff of giving away your location in order to access cell towers.
[Trisquel-users] Re : Systemd kde-config from synaptic
I will try but , probably core system it s too much for me. The most high-level program in a minimal NetInstall must be apt! And aplications like abrowser are not in the repositories by default I guess. They are. All packages are in the repository.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Anyone know what happened to boba?
Yuri also smells. Be careful if you are going to seduce her. After summoning Sandayuu-kun, blindfolding and putting headphones to her ears and leave her on the bed after took some photos would be best.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Pinephone Community Edition
I have ordered the PostmarketOS Convergence community edition too. I'm pretty confident that after getting feedback on both the Braveheart and the Ubuntu Touch community edition, the hardware is ready to roll. I don't mind watching the software grow and improve over time, in fact I enjoy it. I'm hoping that with a set of peripherals (screen, mouse, keyboard) it will be able to replace my ancient netbook as my work computer, as well as replacing my various old Androids for most purposes. That said, I'm also considering turning off the cell modem in the PinePhone and using it as a small tablet, and keeping one of the Androids for cell calls and texts. Since the cell modem is a proprietary black box by law, those comms are inherently compromised, and it seems a shame to have the nonfree cell modem software in the PinePhone running when I don't need to.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 9 Etiona
Great stuff rakubx, thanks :)
Re: [Trisquel-users] Systemd kde-config from synaptic
You can install the GUI parts bit by bit starting from xorg, openbox or twm/fvwm. It can be very basic or oldschool if you wish. Just like it was 30 years ago when X had to be launched 'startx' (make your own .xsession or .xinitrc files). You can read Arch wiki for guidance. It's not much different and the instructions are pretty good.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Systemd kde-config from synaptic
OK thank you . I will try but , probably core system it s too much for me. And aplications like abrowser are not in the repositories by default I guess.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Anyone know what happened to boba?
Anyone know if this list being actively maintained? https://www.fsf.org/resources/webmail-systems
Re: [Trisquel-users] Using USB 3 to Speed Up A Slow Hard Disk
After you brought up that the hard disk companies have largly merged up, I looked into it. Things have changed quite a lot in the last time I bothered with buying a hard disk for installation. I did not realize things have consolidated so much...
Re: [Trisquel-users] Libre/Open Source Firmware M.2 Wifi Card?
I totally agree about not wanting to stay at a novice level. Normally I like experimenting! I just don't want to experiment with this particular thing too much until I have swapped out an M.2 card myself. I have never ever used M.2 before. What you are witnessing with my recent questions on this forum is me taking my knowledge of computers and PCs from ~2004 (when I last tinkered with a PC) to to 2020. I have already spent on building a "retro PC" and am now building a "~2010" PC and as a result of this experiementation I decided to go ahead and upgrade my laptop which recently had a major failure. I just thought I would add some context to my questioning.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Libre/Open Source Firmware M.2 Wifi Card?
One can avoid experimenting this way. But one also avoids obtaining knowledge and/or improving skill. A novice will always be a novice.
Re: [Trisquel-users] Libre/Open Source Firmware M.2 Wifi Card?
I would go with one from Think penguin if they have one that is the right size for you. They cost more but are actually tested with Trisquel where many places don't so if you want to "avoid experimenting" they would be a great option. https://www.thinkpenguin.com/catalog/wireless-networking-gnulinux
